Sous vide cooking, immersing vacuum-sealed foods in temperature-controlled hot water, is all the rage in culinary circles, touting incomparable results achieving optimal doneness. But the price tag on most commercially produced machines is a bit steep, with $300 being the bare minimum, on upward to the thousands. Seattle Food Geek Scott Heimendinger was intrigued, but […]
These intriguing objects are copper canisters that contain human cremated remains. The images are from a book called Library of Dust, by photographer David Maisel. In 1913, Maisel explained, an Oregon state psychiatric institution began to cremate the remains of its unclaimed patients. Their ashes were then stored inside individual copper canisters and moved into […]
Mitten crafter Chris Gorski went on snow patrol this month with the snow storms that hit Michigan not too long ago. He made his own life-size snow stick to track the progress and was happy to report that all projected snow falls were definitely OFF. For all you snow-state residents out there, do you make […]
Fastidious, intricate, and dreamy, the woven thread installation of French artist Sรฉbastien Preschoux is one web I’d like to be caught in.
My husband is a bit of an audiophile, so he was crushed when our toddler ripped the foam covers on his expensive headphones to shreds. “Could you… knit me some?” he asked. So for Valentine’s Day, I tracked down this knit headphone cozy pattern, which were just the right size! They were quick to knit […]
The Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio in Japan designed this bookshelf-lined Shelf Pod house for a lucky book collector. I know plenty of people who have homes lined with ordinary bookshelves, but this Wonderland-esque design takes it to a whole new level. I’m ready to move in! [via inhabitat]
Today, the latest newsletter went out for the Make It Last Build Series, sponsored by Microchip and Energizer. The goal for this week was to finish getting the stepper motor controller for our Drawbot working. By the time you’re finished, you should have at least one stepper motor turning in both directions on command. Check […]
